December 2010
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Merry Christmas from the Tea Party!
Republicans won a huge victory in November by campaigning against the mounting federal deficit. So what was the first thing they did on returning to Washington?
Why, they cut a deal with President Obama to add another $800 billion to the federal deficit by lavishing Christmas season tax cuts on just about everybody (not just the “rich”).
Buried in all the holiday cheer: a warning...
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Politics of Envy Ain't Selling!
I lived in Chicago for 26 years and developed a great fondness for Roger Simon, a thoughtful plain spoken Chicago political analyst. He thinks the Congressional Democrats have become unhinged. in a wicked Politico essay, Simon says:
“The rich are different from you and me. They are swine. So say many of the Congressional Democrats who would rather that jobless people lose their...
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No Compromise with the Electorate: Dems Urge...
Fresh from a catastrophic defeat in the November election, liberal House Democrats have urged President Obama to stand firm on raising taxes in the middle of a deep recession. Representative Jim McDermott (D-WA) said: “This is the President’s Gettysburg. He’s going to have to decide whether he’s going to withstand Pickett’s Charge…”...